West Germany: Caviar Emptor

In its new campaign to woo West Germany
into bilateral political talks, Moscow dangles the bait of profitable
trade agreements. Even without additional deals, reported Bonn last
week, West German trade with the Soviet bloc last year topped $1
billion13% higher than in 1960.
(U.S.-German trade last year: about $2.3 billion.) Most of the exchange
with Moscow consisted of West German machinery and semifinished metal
goods for Soviet petroleum products and commercial gold used in
jewelry. A third major category of Russian exports is foodstuffs, but,
said one Bonn official last week: "There's a limit to how much caviar this...